GRE Word List
PERT
saucily free and forward : flippantly cocky and assured
The meaning of the word pert is saucily free and forward : flippantly cocky and assured.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| shoot | to eject or impel or cause to be ejected or impelled by a sudden release of tension (as of a bowstring or slingshot or by a flick of a finger) |
| relic | an object esteemed and venerated because of association with a saint or martyr |
| implement | a device used in the performance of a task : tool |
| effrontery | shameless boldness : insolence |
| limpid | marked by transparency (see transparent |
| unfrock | defrock |
| recess | the action of receding : recession |
| quaff | to drink (a usually alcoholic beverage) heartily or copiously |
| unfetter | to free from fetters |
| engage | to offer (something, such as one's life or word) as backing to a cause or aim : to expose to risk for the attainment or support of some end |